DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2300Z August 29, 2021

SMOKE:
Western U.S./Central Rocky Mountains and Great Plains...
Multiple wildfires in northern California, western-central Oregon
and central Washington could be seen releasing heavy-density smoke,
with moderate-to-heavy smoke spreading eastward into northern Nevada
and Utah, and light density smoke stretching further to the east into
northern Colorado and Nebraska, western Iowa and across Lake Michigan.

Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Hudson Bay...
A wildfire cluster in central-western Manitoba is producing heavy
smoke around the area, with moderate smoke spreading northeastward over
central-eastern Manitoba and western Hudson Bay. Light density smoke
extends further out covering the majority of Manitoba with the exception
of the southeast corner, and central Hudson Bay.

Northwestern Atlantic...
A pocket of light-density smoke linked to previous days fire activity
in the western U.S. is seen traveling eastward over the northwestern
Atlantic a few hundred miles off the U.S. northeastern coastline.

DUST:
Central Caribbean...
An area of moderate Saharan dust could be seen covering much of the
central Caribbean islands and centered around Hispaniola.

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THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF
SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED
FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE.
TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS.  AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE
ALSO DESCRIBED.  USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE
AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE
FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE:

JPEG:   http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg
GIS:    ftp://satpsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/FIRE/HMS/GIS/
KML:    http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/fire.kml (fire)
        http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/smoke.kml (smoke)

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO:
SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov

Unless otherwise indicated:

Areas of smoke are analyzed using GOES-EAST and GOES-WEST Visible satellite imagery.

Only a general description of areas of smoke or significant smoke plumes will be analyzed.

A quantitative assessment of the density/amount of particulate or the vertical distribution is not included.

Widespread cloudiness may prevent the detection of smoke even from significant fires.